By Akeem Busari Former Super Falcons goalkeeper, Judith Chime, has charged football enthusiasts, particularly, football administrators, to show more respect to Nigeria female footballers and treat them better. Speaking from her USA base, Chime, who last year organised and funded a memorial football tournament in honour of late Super Falcons star player, Ifeanyi Chiejiene, who was the youngest ever female player at the age of 16 years to play for the Super Falcons, lamented the somewhat poor treatment of female footballers in Nigeria. “I am not happy with the treatments of female footballers in Nigeria. Female footballers deserve more respect…
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By Abimbola Ogunnaike Six boys, aged between 16 and 27, are currently cooling in one of the cells of Anambra Police Command for allegedly gang-raping a 19 years old girl in the Anam community Anambra West Local Government Area of the state. The boys took turns on the girl and recorded the act, which has also been circulating on social media. The girl, who spoke to the Anambra State Commissioner for Women and Social Welfare, Mrs Ify Obinabo, said she was coming back from her maternal uncle’s house when the boys attacked her. She was, however, rescued by passersby, who…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Federal Government has filed a two-count charge of illegal possession of firearms and ammunition against Godwin Emefiele, the suspended governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria, before the Federal High Court, Channels Television reports. According to the report, the Federal Government accused Emefiele of possessing a single-barrel shotgun without a licence. The government claimed the offence contradicts Section 4 of the Firearms Act, Cap F28 Laws of the Federation 2004. In addition to the charge, Emefiele was accused of possessing 123 rounds of live ammunition without a licence. It was gathered that the case is yet…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike Three family members were said have been killed in Agasha, Guma Local Government Area of Benue State, following thunderstorm that occurred during a downpour. It was gathered that the incident occurred on Thursday, 13 July, 2023 when the victims were returning from their farm at about 4 pm. It was also gathered the victims include two girls and a six-year-old boy who decided to return home following a heavy downpour. “The two girls and the about six-year-old boy were on the farm to harvest produce for the family when the heavy rain started, Wednesday, around 4 p.m.…
President Bola Tinubu on Saturday, 15 July, 2023, in Nairobi, Kenya, called on African leaders to respect democracy, rule of law, and ensure political stability. In his statement at a high-level event organized by the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) on the margins of Fifth Mid-Year African Union (AU) Coordination Meeting, the President urged African military institutions and states to recognize and respect the need for democratic renewal. The Nigerian leader, who is also the Chairperson of ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government, said coups d’état should be discouraged in the continent, especially in the face of challenges…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has congratulated veteran journalist, elder statesman and former Governor of Ogun State, Chief Olusegun Osoba, on his 84th birthday, saying his exemplary life and remarkable achievements are worthy of emulation by many, particularly upcoming Nigerians. Chief Osoba, a prominent progressive politician who served twice as Governor of Ogun State first from 1992 to 1993 during the aborted Third Republic and then from 1999 to 2003, clocked 84 on Saturday, 15 July, 2023. President Tinubu prayed for more years for the former governor so that he and many others can continue to benefit from his immense wisdom…
By Abimbola Ogunnaike The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) Returning Officer for Maradun Local Government Area of Zamfara State during the state governorship election, Dr Ahmad Kainuwa, has claimed that the officials the commission instructed him not present the result sheets he collated from the ward collation officers but from the server of the electoral body which they said is authentic. According to him, there was tension during the collation exercise at Maradun, adding that the Divisional Police Officer mandated him to hasten the process as bandits were in transit to the area. Kainuwa made this disclosure on Friday, 14…
Twenty Nigerians are departing the shores of the country between mid-July and early August for university education in India, which is fully sponsored by the Government of India. The Nigerians are mostly going in for MBA, Bsc or Msc (Zoology, Chemistry, Physics, Geology, Space Science, etc), PhD, Pharmacy, Engineering, Economics, Agriculture, IT, Cyber Security, among other. The Indian government has yearly since 1958 been sponsoring Nigerians to study at various Indian university under the Indian Council Cultural Relations (ICCR) Scholarship Programme which has seen several thousands of student worldwide and over a thousand Nigerians benefiting from the scheme. The Indian…
The National Drug Law Enforcement Agency, NDLEA, has said that it is investigating a shooting incident involving its officers during the raid of a drug joint at Okpanam area of Asaba, Delta state, where a young person was hit by a stray bullet resulting in death while undergoing treatment in the hospital. The agency in a statement on Saturday, 15 July, 2023, signed by its spokesman, Femi Babafemi, said the Chairman/Chief Executive, Brig. Gen. Buba Marwa (Retd) has after receiving initial briefings from the Delta state command of NDLEA, set up a panel of top officials from the national headquarters…
President Bola Tinubu has constituted a special committee to work on the fresh selection and nomination modalities for the replacement of new appointees into the dissolved Federal Government boards. The special committee headed by the Chief of Staff, Femi Gbajabiamila, is tasked with the responsibility of finding new appointees to replace affected board appointments. According to a source within the Presidency, “Tinubu demands thoroughness in understanding the agencies whose establishment Act mandates federal character representation or specified educational and technical expertise.” Members of the special committee who will be working alongside the Chief of Staff are: Secretary to Government…